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struggle::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | contend, fight |
| Has types | wrestle, chickenfight, combat, defend, duel, engage, fence, feud, fight, fight back, fight down, fistfight, get back, join battle, joust, oppose, scuffle, settle, skirmish, spar, tourney, tug, tussle, wage, war, assail, attack, bandy, battle, bear down, box, chicken-fight |
struggle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | battle, conflict |
| Type of | group action |
| Has types | insurrection, pacification, rebellion, revolt, rising, scrap, warfare, class struggle, class war, class warfare, combat, counterinsurgency, feud, fight, fighting, tug-of-war, war, strife, uprising, turf war |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | travail, sweat, elbow grease, effort, exertion |
| Has types | wrestling, grapple, wrestle, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle |
the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her.
Examples of struggle
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For every successful freelancer like Cho there are plenty who struggle mightily.
From the forbes.com
At best, the post-Mubarak power struggle in Egypt will be contested and chaotic.
From the time.com
The extremely impoverished struggle with different issues than the working poor.
From the stltoday.com
Years later, both struggle with unexplained and worsening neurological problems.
From the timesunion.com
The Egyptians want to explain themselves, to tell everyone about their struggle.
From the theatlantic.com
The power struggle between the two political rivals flared anew over the summer.
From the online.wsj.com
Gracious and funny, Heigl talked about her struggle to balance work with family.
From the dispatch.com
Rookies are supposed to struggle, no matter how much time they spend practicing.
From the sfgate.com
Many are now asking how long it will take for ETA to give up its armed struggle.
From the time.com
- An energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
- Fight: make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
- To exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"
- Conflict: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
- Clamber: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
- Contend: be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
- (struggling) engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity; "a financially struggling theater"; "struggling artists"
- Struggle is a 2003 Austrian drama film directed by Ruth Mader. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.
- Struggle is the first album released by the four-piece alternative metal music group, Nonpoint. It was released through the now defunct independent label, Jugular Records. Several of the songs were later re-used on the band's next album, Statement. ...
